The other day I wrote a passionate description of things I had lived through when my end of Whittier was "crack alley".
I felt badly ever since that I made it appear that the police did nothing to help us deal with the drug problem. Although I received no help in dealing with the burglary of my house, I would like to state that without the help of the 5th precinct CRT team then called the CAT team we would have never succeeded at cleaning this area up. Commander Brad Johnson and officers like Lt. Kris Arneson, Sgt. Charlie Adams, Adam Grobove, Lynn Mavison, former officer Bob Kappers and many others helped us immensely in our struggle. In fact, there were many mornings I would cry on the phone to these people recounting the details of the night before. This group responded very well to our concerns and reports of crime. We truly built a partnership in this struggle. I just needed to give credit where credit was due. Barb Lickness Whittier (now living on the Shores of prestigious Lake Whittier. O.K. so it's just a pond in my back yard) ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
